What do you do if you missed a court date?

Answer 1

I have personal experience in this subject. A warrant was issued one week later by the judge and i was arrested in front of my mother, i know what you feel like right now. I'm guessing but I am pretty sure if you go to the court house before the next day it has open court and talk to them. They will probably schedule you in for the next day they have open court. BRING YOUR ATTORNEY WITH YOU.

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YOU COULD CHARGED WILL CONTEMPT OF COURT.A BENCH WARRANT COULD BE ISSUED. GO TO THE APROPIATE AUTHORITYS A.S.A.P. AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU MISSED IT.

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Contact the court. A decision could have been made without you, usually not in your favor, or a warrant may be out for you. Only contacting the courts is the way to know. This is just from a citizen's point of view.

Added: The above explanation (in layman's terms) pretty much spells it out.

Answer 2

Go to issued courthouse and workout with them before they issued the warrant. If they already issued the warrant you will have to turn yourself in to the sheriffs dept. Do it early morning so you can get in to court that day and you wont have to sit overnight!

The above applies to court dates in criminal actions. No fines will be assessed and no warrant for arrest will be issued if you miss a court date in a civil action. If you are the plaintiff, the court might dismiss your complaint, but allow you to either refile it or make a motion to reinstate it.

If you are the defendant, the court might suppress your answer and defenses and enter a default judgment against you for what plaintiff seeks in the complaint, providing the right proofs are provided. The court might also allow you to make a motion to reinstate your answer and defenses and to vacate any default judgment entered against you.

In all likelihood, if this is the first court date missed the court will postpone the matter, get in touch with you and give you another opportunity to proceed to trial. If it does this, it might in all fairness require you to pay the expenses incurred by the other side in being ready for a trial that had to be put off due to your failure to appear.

Answer 3

Notify the Clerk of the Court's office immediately and request a new court date. Be sure to this ASAP because, depending on the type of court herring you missed, they may issue a bench warrant for you.

Answer 4

Usually, if the court proceeding is for a misdemeanor, criminal, or felony, serious criminal, offense, the judge will issue a bench warrant, order for the police to arrest, for a Failure To Appear (FTA), missed court date.

At the time of arrest, the defendant, person who missed court, remains in custody until: 1) the bail, dollar amount of original fine, is paid, or 2) they receive an OR, released on own recognisance, no money is paid and a new court date for the FTA is issued, or3) someone pays a bondsman, to bond, 10% of the bail amount, the defendant out of jail. A bondsman is responsible for the defendant, bond is lost if defendant does not appear for the next court date, or 4) at the arraignment the presiding judge decides that enough time has been spent in jail, between the time of arrest and time of arraignment, that a Time Served judgment is issued, if the defendant pleas guilty, or 5) a No Bond Order is issued, the defendant must stay on custody, jail, until a judge releases the No Bond Order.

If the court proceeding was for a civil case the judge, usually, enters a default judgement for the attending party, regardless of which side, respondent or petitioner, is in attendance.

Answer 5

If you are represented by an attorney, contact the attorney immediately.

If you are not represented, contact the court right away. Depending on the type of hearing and case, it could mean anything from a bench warrant and bond forfeiture, to losing your civil case by default, to simply having the date rescheduled.

Answer 6

Not enough details here, but if it is a civil court, then the other person wins by default and they get what they were asking for. If it is a criminal court, then you could possibly have a warrant issued for your arrest. Contact the court immediatly and tell them why you were not there. Hopefully, if there is a warrant for you, they could stop that and just reschedule another hearing.

Answer 7

If you failed to attend a court hearing, then you must prove to the presiding judge that your absence was not deliberately done. Court dates are important especially if you are under bail. Other states can even charge with an additional minor crime for non-attendance to court hearings. Contempt of court is one of them.

If you miss your court date, you can either prove that you have not received a notice or pressing circumstances beyond your control hindered you from attending.

Any circumstance that is beyond your control like sickness of a son or daughter, accidents, or serious personal illness, can be admitted as valid reasons. If possible, you must call the court to explain why you cannot come to the scheduled hearing.

Answer 8

It depends on what kind of court date, why you were supposed to be there, and why you missed it.

Answer 9

A default order can be entered against. See my profile.

Answer 10

It depends on the type of court date you have.

You could try to contact the clerk of court to find out when your date is scheduled.